Want a new career with nearly unlimited upside potential? One that will have employers beating down your door?
Uncle Sam wants you – to join the technology workforce.
Nationwide, skilled tech workers are in short supply, with more than half a million jobs going unfilled. And in Tennessee, where the rapidly expanding economy has companies competing for every qualified worker, the state is going to great lengths to train people in sought-after tech skills – footing the entire bill, in some cases, for adults willing to retool their careers.
Substantial financial aid is available for a range of tech-education options – from boot camp-style coding schools that mint software developers in as little as three months to programs at the state’s technical and community colleges, where graduates are in constant demand.
“The hiring part has been hard,” says JJ Rosen, founder and chairman of tech consulting firm Atiba, who says developers, programmers, network engineers and information technology specialists are difficult to find.
“In Nashville, it’s been one of the main challenges – the supply and demand. Everyone is trying to figure it out.”
With the help of big investments in expanding tech training by the state, federal government and private companies, there are more opportunities than ever.
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